Vitten
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animal - mammal - lion - passant - 2 - facing each other
Scene Description: happy non-threatening lions with human head between them
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant - facing away from each other - 2
Scene Description: with a huma head between them
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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animal - mammal - lion - passant-regardant
Scene Description: left side of the left picture
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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animal - mammal - wild boar - passant
Scene Description: right picture
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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design element - motifs - plant or tree - 2
![one seen here on the east side of the base [cf. DK description in FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: one seen here on the east side of the base [cf. DK description in FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Forlaget Mimesis, 2023
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/vitten-kirke/] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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design element - motifs - semicircle - 4
Scene Description: delimeating the side panels of the base
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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human figure - head - 2
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: a head at each corner
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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symbol - triquetra
Scene Description: seen here on the left
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Søren Kaspersen, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph in Noted and illustrated in Søren Kaspersen's Jyske fonte med modstillede løver.[1] Et præliminært studie, 17.8.2016 klo 23.15 | Tieteelliset artikkelit | TAHITI 04/2016 [https://tahiti.journal.fi/article/view/85640/44590] [accessed 16 November 2023].
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view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vitten kirke (Favrskov) fra nord"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 10 April 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vitten_(Favrskov).JPG] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vitten kirke (Favrskov) fra sydøst"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bococo, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 10 April 2006 by Bococo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vitten_kirke_(Favrskov).JPG] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Forlaget Mimesis, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/vitten-kirke/] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/vitten-kirke/] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/vitten-kirke/] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of font
Scene Description: showing two sides of the same font
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Image Source: digital image of two B&W photographs in Mackeprang (1944), reproduced in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of font - east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Forlaget Mimesis, 2023
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/vitten-kirke/] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of font - west side
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/vitten-kirke/] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of font in context - east side
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Image Source: digital photograph in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/vitten-kirke/] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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view of font in context - west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Forlaget Mimesis, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Forlaget Mimesis [https://www.forlagetmimesis.dk/kirke/vitten-kirke/] [accessed 18 November 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25077VIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Vitten Kirke
Church Location: Vittenvej 63, Vitten, 8382 Hinnerup, Denmark
Country Name: Denmark
Location: Århus / Aarhus, Midtjylland
Directions to Site: Located off road 505, in the municipality and 5-6 km NW of Hinnerup, 20 KM NW of Århus
Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift
Historical Region: Sabro herred
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: church ca. 1100
Font Notes:
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The font at Vitten is listed and illustrated in Mackeprang 's broad grouping of De østjydske løvefonte, in a subsection which he labels as "fire profilløver". The entry for this church in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_1787-1798.pdf] [accessed 18 November 2023] with reference to Mackeprang's listing above; a baptismal font of rather coarse grey-reddish granite, the colouring uneven between the two blocks, basin (68 cm in diameter) and base; the pairs of lions are also uneven, one pair facing each other, the other away; two protruding human heads; other decorations include plants and a boar on its back; the font has been moved inside the church; the DK entry gives its last location in the chancel, just inside the arch ["Døbefont [...], romansk, af ret grov-kornet grå-rødlig granit, kummen, 68 cm i tvm., dog lidt mere grålig end foden. Ifølge Mackeprang (Døbefonte s. 277f.) afviger fonten sammen med den beslægtede i Skjød (Viborg amt) fra den større løvegruppe, ved at kummens to løvepar har egne hoveder set i profil, mens et 14,5-15,5 cm fremstikkende mandshoved adskiller dyrene. De to storøjede mandshoveder, hvis hårriller løber i ét med mundingsrandens tovstav, har henholdsvis et fladt halsstykke med indhugget midtkors, og -
lidt under hovedet - en fireoddet, flettet figur, muligvis et magisk tegn.25 Det ene dyrepar står med hovederne vendt mod hinanden, det andet
følger efter hinanden, adskilt af enkelt og dob- belt tovstav. Foden, der har form af et omvendt terningkapitæl med tovstav, har mandshoveder i sviklerne mellem sidernes bueslag, hvorunder der ses relieffer af: 1) løve med bagudvendt hoved, 2) planteornament med treblade, 3) utydeligt planteornament? og 4) vildsvin med børster på ryggen. - 183014 var fonten kalket, men ønskedes overstrøget med olie eller limfarve; renset 1889.1 2 190426 stod fonten under korbuen, op mod dennes nord-vange, nu i koret lige øst for buen"]. Noted and illustrated in Søren Kaspersen's Jyske fonte med modstillede løver.[1] Et præliminært studie, 17.8.2016 klo 23.15 | Tieteelliset artikkelit | TAHITI 04/2016 [https://tahiti.journal.fi/article/view/85640/44590] [accessed 16 November 2023].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.2909, 9.999089
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 17′ 27.24″ N, 9° 59′ 56.72″ E
UTM: 32V 561841 6238905
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Mackeprang, Mouritz, Danmarks middelalderlige døbefonte, 1941